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Stories about Widener University circulating today

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Today: Law Professor Mary Brigid McManamon will be on the Dom Giordano Show on 1210 WPHT-AM at 10 a.m.

In the News:

Rod Smolla, dean of Delaware Law, was a guest on WDEL-AM during the morning broadcast on 1/19 discussing his career and Delaware Law School.

Youth learn lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King’s example – Delaware County Daily Times(1/19 – Story on the Day of Service, which included volunteers from Widener University. The Boundaries and Bridges collaboration was also mentioned. Sharon Meagher, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Lisa Cocchiarale of FreshBaked Theatre, were quoted. The Day of Service was also mentioned in The Philadelphia Inquirer on 1/17)

Law Professor Mary Brigid McManamon appeared on a number of news broadcasts over the weekend regarding her natural born citizen legal research including: CNN Newsroom Weekend with Poppy Harlow on 1/17; Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s “As It Happens” on 1/15; FoxNews Radio with Alan Combson on 1/18; and Erin Burnett Outfront on CNN with Alan Dershowitz on 1/15. McManamon was also mentioned in a Vox.com story on 1/17.

EUP president offers parting thoughts – Erie-Times News(1/17 – Dr. Julie Wollman begins her term as president of Widener University on 1/19)

Chester receives $211,000 grant to promote the arts – The Philadelphia Tribune(1/16 – Mention of the grant Widener University received for the Boundaries and Bridges initiative from the Barra Foundation Catalyst Fund)

The Winter 2016 issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer magazine featured a profile of Law Dean Rod Smolla.

Day of Service – Delaware County Daily Times (No link available; see page 7 of the 1/15 edition for a mention of the events that Widener University is participating in for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service)

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